If Americans are suffering from a bad case of superhero fatigue, they have a funny way of showing it. The first half of 2018 has been marked by a succession of massively successful superhero tentpoles, each one breaking a record set by the one before, to the extent that breaking box-office records doesn’t really mean…

It’s easy to think that anything goes in a vulgar series like Deadpool, which has distinguished itself within the Marvel universe by spraying the screen with gobs of gore and blush-worthy dialogue. Believe it or not, however, there were some bits that definitively crossed the blurry line that star Ryan Reynolds and…

Openly trolling the ambitions of other modern comic-book movies, the sequel to Deadpool, the surprise hit that cast Ryan Reynolds as the self-destructive and puerile Bugs Bunny figure of the present superhero blockbuster landscape, mostly outdoes its predecessor in terms of style and satirical intent: Now that he’s…

In a normal world, that headline would seem insane. But in a world where a Deadpool 2 promotional blitz is in full swing, it’s just par for the course. So, yes, as reported by Mashable, Ryan Reynolds recently appeared on a South Korean singing show wearing a unicorn mask and sparkling, rainbow-fringed cape, belting…

The Deadpool sequel looks like it’s going to have more of the wacky, self-referential superhero action that fans loved in the first movie, but the original plan for Deadpool 2 involved a different kind of superhero action: fatherhood. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, star Ryan Reynolds said that he and co-writers…

Mergers: They’re the spice of life, as long as that spice is the thing that gradually chokes off all other flavors and forces you to select from an increasingly small list of consolidated options drained of distinction and homogenized under a unifying corporate mandate. The stuff entertainment dreams are made of!

The cheeky, self-referential marketing for the Deadpool films can be—and we mean this in the most affectionate way possible—a little much sometimes. But hiring ‘90s movie-soundtrack queen Celine Dion to perform an original song for the upcoming Deadpool 2, then making a good old-fashioned music video foe the song that…

So many movies, so little time. Every week brings a new crop of them, opening in multiplexes and arthouse theaters across the nation, and arriving in increasingly high volumes on streaming platforms like Netflix. How’s a voracious moviegoer to keep up? That’s where The A.V. Club comes in. The first week of every…

Josh Brolin is gearing up to have a huge summer. First up, after years of anticipation, he’s finally front and center in Avengers: Infinity War, as the Mad Titan Thanos. A couple weeks after that, he’s starring as fan-favorite Cable in the highly anticipated Deadpool sequel. Most people would stop there, but Brolin…

As is increasingly the case, we won’t have to wait long between superhero movies—just three weeks after Avengers: Infinity War fires its opening salvo, Deadpool 2 is poised to hit theaters like Colossus (Stefan Kapicic). Or Cable (Josh Brolin). Or Bedlam (Terry Crews), though, if he sticks to his comic-book origins,…

As is becoming increasingly common in our modern blockbuster era, superhero comedy Deadpool 2got sent back for reshoots earlier this year. Although the decision to reshoot sometimes gets seen as a last-ditch effort to “save” a film that tested poorly, more often than not, these days, it’s all about specifically…

Early glimpses of Deadpool 2 have been amusing teases, but they haven’t offered up much in the way of the plot for the R-rated sequel, which sees Josh Brolin setting up residence in yet another superhero property. Our latest look at the film attempts to properly introduce Cable, but the merc with the mouth soon…

Wes Anderson returns to stop-motion. Claire Denis goes to space. Joaquin Phoenix gets immobile and intimidating, not necessarily in that order. When sitting down to compose a list of the year’s most enticing upcoming releases, The A.V. Club tried to keep it to a manageable 25 titles, we really did. But then we started…